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Where is Messing?

Messing is located in the county of Essex, Eastern England, four miles south-east of the town of Coggeshall, seven miles south-west of the major town of Colchester, and 44 miles north-east of London. Messing falls within the district council of Colchester, under the county council of Essex. It is in the CO5 postcode district. The post town for Messing is Colchester.

Messing on a map

Map showing extent of Messing as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Messing
Map showing location of Messing within the UK
Location of Messing within the UK

Which county is Messing in?

Messing is in the ceremonial county of Essex, the historic county of Essex, and the administrative county of Essex.

Ceremonial CountyEssex
Historic CountyEssex
Administrative CountyEssex

Where is Messing in Essex?

Messing is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Essex, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Essex.

Map showing location of Messing within Essex
Location of Messing within Essex

What is the postcode for Messing?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Messing is CO5 9TN.

Where is Messing in CO5?

Messing is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CO5 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the CO5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Messing within CO5
Location of Messing within CO5

What is the post town for Messing?

The post town for Messing is Colchester. Messing is in the CO5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Colchester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Messing?

The centre of Messing is located at position 51.83621° latitude and 0.7497° longitude.

Latitude51.83621°
Longitude0.7497°

What is the easting and northing of Messing?

The centre of Messing is located at the grid reference easting 589542 and northing 218863 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting589542
Northing218863

What are the nearest towns to Messing?

Position of Messing relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Messing to the centre of the town.

south-east
4m
Messing is 4 miles south-east of Coggeshall
north-east
5m
Messing is 5 miles north-east of Witham
north
8m
Messing is 8 miles north of Maldon
north-west
8m
Messing is 8 miles north-west of West Mersea
east
9m
Messing is 9 miles east of Braintree
south-east
9m
Messing is 9 miles south-east of Halstead
west
9m
Messing is 9 miles west of Wivenhoe
west
12m
Messing is 12 miles west of Brightlingsea
north
13m
Messing is 13 miles north of Southminster
south
14m
Messing is 14 miles south of Sudbury

What are the nearest cities to Messing?

Position of Messing relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Messing to the centre of the city.

south-west
7m
Messing is 7 miles south-west of Colchester
north-east
14m
Messing is 14 miles north-east of Chelmsford
north
21m
Messing is 21 miles north of Southend-on-Sea
south-east
37m
Messing is 37 miles south-east of Cambridge
north-west
41m
Messing is 41 miles north-west of Canterbury
north-east
42m
Messing is 42 miles north-east of City of London
north-east
44m
Messing is 44 miles north-east of London
south-east
44m
Messing is 44 miles south-east of Ely
north-east
44m
Messing is 44 miles north-east of City of Westminster
east
47m
Messing is 47 miles east of St Albans